Show THE CHINESE QUESTION A snort SHORT time ago vie we commented on the evasion of the anti chinese laws by toe the landing of coolies in california who by the payment of court court fees were able to come into the country as is freely as aalf if there was nolab excluding them A san ban francisco newspaper ran man has now obtained possession ot a complete set of papers which are sup i plied to the incoming giving them information by which they can figure as prior residents and by skilful perjury in which the lower classes of tile the flowery kingdom seem to be natural adepts can answer all the questions designed to prevent the landina of newcomers new comers from china the papers were found inboards on board boards a v vessel essel and ana contain a complete map of chinatown and urgent instructions to the coolie to commit to merfy tile the questions and answers necess necessary aTy to pass muster at the united states courts and also to destroy the papers as soon as their contents are mastered the policy of total exclusion now formulated in statutory provisions which has passed the house of representatives senta tives seems to be the only one that could be made effective in preventing chinese immigration the senate will no doubt soon put the bill through and the president deat under the present temper of the public mindwell mind will scarcely hesitate to sign it what the effect will be on the chinese government remains to be seen the bill is certainly a direct infraction of existing treaties and may be strongly resented should the chinese empire refuse all ingress to americans and thus stop the commer commercial cisi relations now existing it will be a heavy blow to american trade but only another exhibition of the imitative quality of the chinese it will be copying the presidents canadian policy of retaliation |